Preferred Name

external anal sphincter

Synonyms

musculus sphincter ani externus

external sphincter ani

sphincter ani externus

Definitions

Some literature reports don't consider the external anal sphincter to be a true sphincter muscle. The Sphincter ani externus (external anal sphincter) is a flat plane of muscular fibers, elliptical in shape and intimately adherent to the integument surrounding the margin of the anus. [WP,unvetted].

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001367

comment

Some literature reports don't consider the external anal sphincter to be a true sphincter muscle.

database_cross_reference

EMAPA:18265

NCIT:C32548

UMLS:C0224395

SCTID:244969008

Wikipedia:Sphincter_ani_externus_muscle

FMA:21930

MA:0001531

definition

The Sphincter ani externus (external anal sphincter) is a flat plane of muscular fibers, elliptical in shape and intimately adherent to the integument surrounding the margin of the anus. [WP,unvetted].

depiction

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/75/Anorectum.gif

has exact synonym

musculus sphincter ani externus

external sphincter ani

has_obo_namespace

uberon

has_related_synonym

sphincter ani externus

id

UBERON:0001367

in_subset

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#human_reference_atlas

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#pheno_slim

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#uberon_slim

label

external anal sphincter

notation

UBERON:0001367

part_of

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0006867

prefLabel

external anal sphincter

present_in_taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606

rdfs:seeAlso

https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/2344

surrounds

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001245

treeView

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0006867

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0004916

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0003898

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0004832

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0004519

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0007522

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